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About Jonathan Vit

Jonathan Vit is a graduate student at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism studying international reporting and multimedia storytelling.

A washing machine falls toward the ground after workers pushed it off the fourth floor of 491 Myrtle Avenue, as a hose sprays the building to counteract the dust.

July 1, 2009 by Jim Flood
The city ordered the building taken down after it sustained damage from the June 21 collapse of 493 Myrtle, at right. The Local, a blog by The New York Times about Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, has been covering the building collapse extensively.

Lyn Pentecost glues petals onto a recycled-newspaper flower as Michelle Vaughan, left, and Jennifer Louie work in the background

April 24, 2009 by Jim Flood
Pentecost is the executive director of the Lower Eastside Girls Club.  The event was part of the Green Apple Festival, which brought volunteers out throughout New York in commemoration of Earth Day.

Volunteer mechanic Max Schnuer works on his own bike after helping other people fix theirs at Time's Up!'s Brooklyn space on March 29, 2009

April 5, 2009 by Jim Flood
Time’s Up! is a group that promotes a more sustainable city.  Click here to go to their website, and here to read Jim Flood’s piece from Changes Brooklyn about Time’s Up!’s efforts to teach people how to do their own bike repairs.   Changes Brooklyn is a blog reporting on local volunteerism in the age of [...]